Imports: Israeli Settlements

Department for International Trade written question – answered at on 5 December 2017.

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Photo of Catherine West Catherine West Labour, Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his Department's policy is on imports from companies based in illegal Israeli settlements.

Photo of Catherine West Catherine West Labour, Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions has he had with his counterpart in Israel on imports of produce grown in illegal settlements.

Photo of Catherine West Catherine West Labour, Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has to exclude imports from illegal settlements from future multilateral and bilateral trade deals.

Photo of Mark Garnier Mark Garnier Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade)

The UK and Israel have a strong and important trading relationship. However, we do not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories as part of Israel and indeed it is not covered by the current EU-Israel Association Agreement which governs our trade with Israel.

We are looking across the board to ensure a smooth transition for existing EU trade agreements in the region, and that will include the EU-Israel Association Agreement as well as the Interim Association Agreement with the Palestinian Authority.

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